ILLUSTRATED VENICE

PACIFICO, PIETRO ANTONIO. Cronica veneta sacra e profana, o sia un Compendio di tutte le cose piu illustri ed antiche della citta di Venezia. Ricorrretta [|] in questa ultima edizione, e in ogni sua parte di gran lunga accresciuta, come ampiamente si dichiara nell'Avviso a' Lettori. In Venezia : appresso Francesco Pitteri, in Merceria all'insegna della fortuna trionfante, 1736.

12°, contemporary stiff vellum, pp. [12], 526, [2], [7 folding plates]. The name of the author is derived from Melzi G., Anonime e pseudonime, v. 1 p. 267. Signature: pigreco6 A-Y12, Romanic type

Second revised and enlarged edition, adorned with seven folded engravedplates, including a city map with coat of arms and six views of the Arsenal, Doge's Palace, Zecca, St. Mark's Square , the Rialto Bridge and the Parade of the Bucentaure of 1729.

This description of Venice - whose interest lies, according to Cicogna, in the variety of subjects it addresses - was the subject of a first edition in 1697 and two re-editions increased in 1736 and 1777.

Reference: Fossati Bellani 2265; Cicogna 4475 (other edition); Schlosser Magnino, p. 563.